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MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
RIP CURRENT AWARE NESS WEEK
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STAT E OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, according to National Weather Service records, there have been at least 18 fatalities
due to rip currents along the North Carolina coast since 2000; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Lifesaving Association, over 2,000 people have been rescued
from rip currents by lifeguards along North Carolina beaches since 2000; and
WHEREAS, citizens from across the state enjoy the ocean beaches, and inexperienced swimmers
on unguarded beaches need to be especially aware of the hazard of rip currents; and
WHEREAS, people are more likely to be protect themselves when they know what to do when
they are affected by rip currents; and
WHEREAS, Lifeguards, County and State Emergency Management, NOAA Sea Grant and
National Weather Service teams are actively promoting rip current safety with signs, rip current forecasts,
and other education programs; and
WHEREAS, June 3-9,2007, bas been designated National Rip Current Awareness Wee!(;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor ofthe State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim the week of June 3-9. 2007, as "RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK" in North
Carolina and call upon our citizens and interested groups to observe the week with appropriate activities
that promote awareness of rip currents and how to stay safe.
:\1ICHA£L F. EASLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-fourth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
RIP CURRENT AWARE NESS WEEK
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STAT E OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, according to National Weather Service records, there have been at least 18 fatalities
due to rip currents along the North Carolina coast since 2000; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Lifesaving Association, over 2,000 people have been rescued
from rip currents by lifeguards along North Carolina beaches since 2000; and
WHEREAS, citizens from across the state enjoy the ocean beaches, and inexperienced swimmers
on unguarded beaches need to be especially aware of the hazard of rip currents; and
WHEREAS, people are more likely to be protect themselves when they know what to do when
they are affected by rip currents; and
WHEREAS, Lifeguards, County and State Emergency Management, NOAA Sea Grant and
National Weather Service teams are actively promoting rip current safety with signs, rip current forecasts,
and other education programs; and
WHEREAS, June 3-9,2007, bas been designated National Rip Current Awareness Wee!(;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor ofthe State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim the week of June 3-9. 2007, as "RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK" in North
Carolina and call upon our citizens and interested groups to observe the week with appropriate activities
that promote awareness of rip currents and how to stay safe.
:\1ICHA£L F. EASLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-fourth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.